Last week, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Peter Pace compared homosexuality to adultery, calling it “immoral.” He later explained that he was expressing his “personal moral views.” But as Newsweek points out, in a 2005 speech on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Pace also said, “The U.S. military mission fundamentally rests on the trust, confidence and cooperation amongst its members. And the homosexual lifestyle does not comport with that kind of trust and confidence.”
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